Sipah-e-Muhammad Pakistan

Sipah-e-Muhammad Pakistan (SMP) is a Shia militant organization and former political party in Pakistan. It was founded in 1994 by Syed Ghulam Raza Naqvi, and it was alleged to have ties to Iran. It was involved in the assassination of Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan-linked clerics, and it was strong in various Shia communities in Pakistan, with the majority Shia town of Thokar Niaz Beg becoming a state within a state during the 1990s.